May 20, 2021 -- "the impact of COVID-19 on the global economy is continuing. In response to climate change, the Chinese government has also made solemn commitments to carbon neutralization and carbon peak, and the pressure of carbon reduction is gradually emerging; At the same time, the impact of the professional talent gap on industry has further increased... Industrial enterprises are facing unprecedented challenges and opportunities. The good news is that green intelligent manufacturing is becoming the most powerful weapon to help industrial enterprises cope with challenges. " At the 2021 Schneider Electric green intelligent manufacturing innovation summit opened today, Pang Xingjian, senior vice president of Schneider Electric and head of industrial automation business in China, said.

Facing the uncertain future, Schneider Electric has put forward the concept of "green intelligent manufacturing" in 2019, advocating to help enterprises realize informatization, automation, digitization, greening and networking of production and operation through the comprehensive use of information technology, operation technology, data technology, energy technology and communication technology, so as to improve industrial efficiency Toughness and sustainability, so as to move towards the future industry. As an annual industry event, the 2021 Schneider Electric green intelligent manufacturing Innovation Summit attracted industry leaders, experts, ecological partners, well-known economists and other celebrities from the industrial field to discuss the challenges and opportunities of carbon neutrality, digital transformation cases The development trend of open automation and the implementation practice of innovative technologies were shared and discussed.

Pang Xingjian, senior vice president of Schneider Electric and head of industrial automation business in China

Challenges and opportunities of industrial enterprises under the trend of "carbon neutralization"

In March this year, the "14th five year plan" and the outline of long-term goals for 2035 were officially announced. The carbon neutralization road map was clear, and digital economy, new energy, innovation and other elements were taken as the key pillars to achieve the carbon neutralization goal. In this regard, Mao Tao, director and researcher of the Institute of energy, resources and environment of the international economic and technological cooperation center of the Ministry of industry and information technology, said that decarbonization in key industries such as industry is very important to achieve the goal of carbon neutralization. With the determination of carbon neutralization target, the landing policy in the industrial field is also actively promoted. For example, the industrial structure will shift from high carbon to low carbon, and from the middle and low end of the industrial chain to the middle and high end; On the enterprise side, more and more enterprises began to shift from negative response to active layout, especially some medium and large enterprises began to use their own technology and industrial chain advantages to help small and medium-sized enterprises "reduce carbon".

For example, Schneider Electric Drives small and medium-sized enterprises through its own industry influence, especially in the industrial chain to improve the ability of upstream enterprises to reduce greenhouse gases through training, technical assistance and relevant support, so as to realize the synergy of carbon emission reduction. As one of the first companies in the world to pay attention to sustainable development, Schneider Electric launched the "Schneider Electric sustainable development impact index" in 2005, adhered to implementation and iteration, and accumulated profound experience“ "Carbon neutralization" is a constraint to industry on the surface, but it is also a historical opportunity.

Embrace the industrial 4.0 era with open automation

At present, with the application of innovative technologies, the benefits of industry 4.0 and industrial Internet of things to the industrial field have been fully verified. However, with the development of IT technology and the exponential improvement of computing power, storage and communication capabilities, the proprietary automation system that can not match it technology has also been questioned, and the in-depth integration of it and ot technology is facing a dilemma. In this regard, Dai Wenbin, associate professor of School of electronic information and electrical engineering, Shanghai Jiaotong University, believes that with the continuous emergence of new needs, the promotion of open automation is "at the right time".

"The main reason for the strong response of open automation is the urgency of end users", said Peng Yu, honorary chairman of PLCopen China organization. Compared with the years long serial landing process of traditional automation projects, the time from design to production of automation projects has been greatly shortened with the support of digital technologies such as simulation and digital twins. Peng Yu pointed out that the key to realizing this vision of open automation lies in the support of open IEC61499 standard and automatic orchestration technology. Open automation has become an irreversible trend, and the technical route to realize it can be different, but this road must be taken by enterprises.

As one of the manufacturers actively embracing open automation, Schneider Electric integrates its profound automation technology and industrial field experience to promote this change, and launched a new industrial automation system ecostruxure open automation expert to open the era of "software driven automation". Qiao Shan, China business marketing director of Schneider Electric Industrial automation, said that Schneider Electric will fully communicate with customers in various fields, promote the generation of relevant understanding, schemes and applications, and continue to realize the deep integration of product line and open automation technology in project development and product iteration.

Landing practice of innovative technology in industry

From digitization and intelligence to industrial Internet, innovative technologies in the industrial field emerge in endlessly and iterate rapidly. However, no matter what new technology is, it still needs to effectively solve the practical problems of safety, quality improvement, cost reduction and efficiency increase in industrial enterprises. In this regard, Cao Jiguang, deputy director of the Institute of technology and standards of China Academy of information and communications and co executive chairman of the edge computing group of industrial Internet industry alliance, pointed out that networking and intelligence are the key path for the upgrading of industrial enterprises, among which networking is the foundation: "the combination of 5g and industry is expected to reconstruct the infrastructure of existing industrial networks and optimize enterprise operation and maintenance, management and business processes, And create more typical scenes. "

Especially for the common problems faced by industries such as limited reusability of industrial intelligence, unclear dividend of industrial intelligence and lack of industrial intelligence financing talents. In this regard, Gu Weixi, director of the Institute of intelligence of China Industrial Internet Research Institute, believes that due to the particularity of the industrial field, artificial intelligence is more applied to the visual field in the industrial field. In the future, with the stronger ability of data acquisition, the development of artificial intelligence technology in industry will be further accelerated, especially the breakthroughs in causality analysis and knowledge map, It will accelerate the integration of data-driven methods and expert knowledge, so as to better empower small, medium-sized and micro enterprises.

As an enabling technology, industrial big data is analyzed only by traditional pure data, which is inefficient. In this regard, Dr. Lu Wei, founder and CEO of Kunlun data, suggested: "to better release the value of these data, enterprises must be combined with the mechanism, experience and knowledge and process depth of corresponding fields." In the face of technical dividends and practical pain points in enterprise operation, Schneider Electric will provide support in combination with ecosystem forces. For example, a series of "win-win plan" activities sponsored by Schneider Electric and ecosphere partners help small and medium-sized enterprises, especially those with cutting-edge breakthroughs in the field of innovative technology, reduce trial and error costs and jointly provide standard solutions for industrial enterprises.

Xiaopeng automobile, a new force in car making, talks about "smart factory"

As a domestic intelligent electric vehicle design and manufacturer and a technology company integrating cutting-edge Internet and artificial intelligence innovation, Xiaopeng automobile is familiar with the intelligent production and research context of automobile in the digital era. On how to build an intelligent factory to achieve intelligent management, efficient production and rapid response, Wu Xiaolong, deputy general manager of Xiaopeng automobile Zhaoqing base, said, "the difference between a smart car and a traditional car is that it has a 'brain', which can transmit data online in real time and analyze and process it through cloud computing. At the same time, it also has a 'cerebellum' such as a localized on-board processor to analyze and combine the collected data, and a series of detection devices as' senses' to perceive the environment during driving. "

The emphasis on data is reflected in the production process of Xiaopeng automobile. For example, in view of the rapid iteration of hardware and software on the automobile and the changing needs of design, development and production manufacturing, Xiaopeng automobile and Schneider Electric jointly developed the intelligent information production management system of the stamping workshop of Xiaopeng automobile Zhaoqing factory, The manufacturing execution system (MES) and energy management system (EMS) developed by Schneider Electric have promoted the intelligence of automobile production at many levels, and made Xiaopeng automobile have a qualitative improvement in quality, cost, efficiency, management, safety and environment.

In the digital era, every link of car making, from the blank on-line to the final part scheduling, production, storage, warehousing and circulation, needs very fine design and practical exploration, and the concept of data-driven is even more essential. Wu Xiaolong believes that both Xiaopeng automobile and Schneider Electric have intelligent genes: "we always say that we want to use intelligent factories to manufacture intelligent vehicles. The intelligent information production management system jointly built with Schneider Electric has truly realized the automation of information flow, the transparency of data and the predictability of data change trend, which has brought meaningful and valuable benefits to Xiaopeng automobile Quantifiable benefits. "

The data show that 32% of carbon dioxide emissions come directly or indirectly from industry. In order to realize the national commitments and requirements for carbon peak and carbon neutralization, industrial enterprises have the responsibility to make production greener and sustainable through process optimization and other means. In this regard, Pang Xingjian said that from Modicon 084 PLC, the leader of industry 3.0, to the next generation of open automation platform, Schneider Electric has always been leading the development of the industry and thinking about how to use technology and joint innovation to implement digital transformation: "Schneider Electric is committed to transforming industry challenges into opportunities to improve efficiency, green and business toughness, Realize the business closed loop from data to intelligence. We look forward to more enterprises joining us and working with Schneider Electric to create green intelligent manufacturing and shape the sustainable future of the industry. "（ Guo Yu (Jing Xiaocui)